michigan state university b.a. psychology. university of chicago m.a. and ph.d. sociology. national loratory. specializing in nuclear waste disposal four years. university of chicago, center on aging, senior research associate, 15 years and currently. london school of hygiene and tropical medicines senior research associate 10 years and currently. university of illinois - chicago school of public health professor four years and currently. coauthor, "the quest for immortality, science at the frontiers of aging." hobbies, fishing, running. stewart j. olshanski, born queens, new york. 56 years of age. wife sonya. two children. jewish and unitarian. politics, independent. massachusetts institute of technology, b.a. computer science and literature. kurzweil technologies. parent company to nine companies. specializing in artificial intelligence. speech and character pattern recognition. and technology trend forecasting. founder and ceo. 31 years and currently. national medal of technology, the nation's highest honor in technology. recipient from president clinton. 1999. half mill